Examines the concepts of the entropy principle and of astronomical time, the relation of subjective and external time, and the definition of a second. Includes demonstrations of scientific timepieces and of the cyclotron. Features producer Milan Herzog in cameo role as the director of a space project.


This movie is part of the collection: Academic Film Archive of North America

Director: Kent Smith
Producer: Milan Herzog
Production Company: Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
Sponsor: George McQuilkin
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Keywords: afana; Herzog

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Reviewer: uniQ - - May 12, 2011
Subject: "is this an example of periodicity?"
Educational film from Encyclopedia Britannica about Time. What is it? Well... watch and find out.

Better than average rating for the funky graphics effects and the amusing "future" of 1997 where a spaceship blasts off from an orbital space station to show the effects of time dilation!